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“Test Your Can’ts”

“ I can’t function.” “I can’t focus.” At one time or another we have all been afflicted with this kind of negative thinking. Especially when we feel an occasional bouts of the “blues” or worse yet experienced profound depression. We tend to feel lethargic and we procrastinate. If we say, “I can’t” over and over often enough it becomes like a self-fulfilling prophecy and as a result we start believing these self-defeating thought patterns. And the more we don nothing and become more immobilize the more we will be pre-occupied with a flood of negative and destructive thoughts. Consequently, we hate ourselves for being inactive and inadequate. A loser. It’s a vicious cycle. We have to break the chain link of this endless cycle. We can overcome pessimistic attitudes, procrastination and depression and change into some active, enthusiastic, happy and accomplished person. The kind of person we want to become. The person who makes things happened. A winner. We can do this by testing our “can’